Take this quiz and see who you should vote for president( if you were American)

[Flashpoint]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

Born in Springfield in 1930 from French Canadien parents and spoke French until he was 7. Represented Alaska as a senator and tried to end the draft during the Viet Nam war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gravel

Well apparently I want him to be president.

Yay me. I am guessing he is way too moderate, tolerant, and progressive to be electable. Which is probably why I have never heard of him, and why his politics line up with my own.

[MarchHare]

Of the remaining candidates...

82% Barack Obama
76% Hillary Clinton
34% Ron Paul
34% John McCain
26% Mitt Romney
25% Mike Huckabee

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

Well apparently I want him to be president.

Yay me. I am guessing he is way too moderate, tolerant, and progressive to be electable. Which is probably why I have never heard of him, and why his politics line up with my own.

Hate to burst your bubble, Flash... but Gravel is actually way too old, grumpy, extremist and crazy to be elected. Also, did I mention he's crazy?


I'm sort of kidding--he's not crazy, but he is kind of a Democratic Ron Paul. He supports abolishing the IRS, and the institution of a national sales tax instead. To replace the lost revenue, he supports a punitive tax on petroleum--just two examples of his policies.

[Incinerator]

77% John McCain (R)
70% Rudy Giuliani (R)
69% Mitt Romney (R)
61% Mike Huckabee (R)
60% Bill Richardson (D)
60% Barack Obama (D)
60% Fred Thompson (R)
59% Hillary Clinton (D)
57% Chris Dodd (D)
56% Tom Tancredo (R)
56% John Edwards (D)
51% Ron Paul (R)
49% Joe Biden (D)
34% Dennis Kucinich (D)
32% Mike Gravel (D)

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by Table 5

What exactly about him do you admire? I don't mean to be a dick, but I really don't see one quality about the man that one can look up to, and since even the most die-hard republicans amongst my friends have turned on the guy, I'm curious why you still think so.

It's less his policies and performance as President, than who I think he is as a person. Granted I've never met him and can't back anything I say with any substance, I just think he's a good person. He's a Ralph Klein type of politician to me, someone who's very real. He's more of an everyday type of guy, than a career politician.

Maybe those are bull reasons to like the guy, but I don't really care. I like the man.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

It's less his policies and performance as President, than who I think he is as a person. Granted I've never met him and can't back anything I say with any substance, I just think he's a good person. He's a Ralph Klein type of politician to me, someone who's very real. He's more of an everyday type of guy, than a career politician.

Maybe those are bull reasons to like the guy, but I don't really care. I like the man.

The everyday type of guy with multiple DUIs and former cocaine problems?

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by rubecube

The everyday type of guy with multiple DUIs and former cocaine problems?

It always cracks me up when people say "George Bush is the kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with."

Newsflash: GWB is a recovering alcoholic. He won't be having a beer with you any time soon--or setting foot in your neighbourhood bar for that matter.

At the same time, it's hard for me to understand why being a recovering alcoholic who's been sober for years is a bad thing. It's almost the only achievement of his that I respect.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

It always cracks me up when people say "George Bush is the kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with."

Newsflash: GWB is a recovering alcoholic. He won't be having a beer with you any time soon--or setting foot in your neighbourhood bar for that matter.

At the same time, it's hard for me to understand why being a recovering alcoholic who's been sober for years is a bad thing. It's almost the only achievement of his that I respect.

I agree with both your points. It just cracks me up when people say 'He seems like an everyday kind of guy that you could just hang out.'

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by rubecube

I agree with both your points. It just cracks me up when people say 'He seems like an everyday kind of guy that you could just hang out.'

Me too. He's the "everyday" kind of guy who was born a millionaire and went to Yale and owned a baseball team. A real working stiff.

[Clarkey]

I'm pretty liberal on social issues but conservative on fiscal issues. The thing is that most of the social issues I don't really care about too much whereas the fiscal issues I care a lot about. If I was in the States I would have trouble deciding which side to vote on as I think a change in parties is needed but the fiscal side rates higher on my priorities.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Your Results:
75% Dennis Kucinich
73% Mike Gravel
68% Hillary Clinton
68% John Edwards
64% Chris Dodd
64% Barack Obama
60% Bill Richardson
58% Joe Biden
37% Rudy Giuliani
31% Ron Paul
30% Mitt Romney
30% Tom Tancredo
26% John McCain
20% Mike Huckabee
20% Fred Thompson

No real surprises

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by Clarkey

I'm pretty liberal on social issues but conservative on fiscal issues. The thing is that most of the social issues I don't really care about too much whereas the fiscal issues I care a lot about. If I was in the States I would have trouble deciding which side to vote on as I think a change in parties is needed but the fiscal side rates higher on my priorities.

Yeah...the previous administration of that tax-and-spend Democrat Bill Clinton was Trudeau-esque in his excesses, throwing money around like a drunken sailor, while George W. Bush the fiscally conservative Republican has been a model of small government efficiency.



As strange as it seems, the Democrats actually have a better recent history of financial moderation. For the better part of 2000-2006 the House, Senate, and White House were all controlled by Republicans, yet they were increasing the deficit to record levels year after year. Other than Ron Paul, who will never win the nomintation let alone the general election, I don't really think any of the candidates are running on a platform of fiscal responsability.

[Igottago]

Wow..I am a democrat through and through I guess.


93%
Barack Obama
92%
Chris Dodd
91%
John Edwards
91%
Hillary Clinton
85%
Bill Richardson
79%
Joe Biden
66%
Mike Gravel
64%
Dennis Kucinich
52%
Rudy Giuliani
45%
John McCain
38%
Tom Tancredo
36%
Mike Huckabee
35%
Mitt Romney
20%
Fred Thompson
10%
Ron Paul

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

Hate to burst your bubble, Flash... but Gravel is actually way too old, grumpy, extremist and crazy to be elected. Also, did I mention he's crazy?



I'm sort of kidding--he's not crazy, but he is kind of a Democratic Ron Paul. He supports abolishing the IRS, and the institution of a national sales tax instead. To replace the lost revenue, he supports a punitive tax on petroleum--just two examples of his policies.

Old, I grant you that but he can't be as crazy as the guy who's won the last two elections.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

Old, I grant you that but he can't be as crazy as the guy who's won the last two elections.

There's different kinds of crazy.

[evman150]

85%
Mike Gravel
85%
Dennis Kucinich
73%
Chris Dodd
69%
Bill Richardson
66%
Barack Obama
64%
Hillary Clinton
64%
Joe Biden
63%
John Edwards
46%
Ron Paul
41%
Rudy Giuliani
33%
John McCain
28%
Mike Huckabee
28%
Mitt Romney
17%
Fred Thompson
12%
Tom Tancredo

Pretty predictable I guess. The most left candidates, then other democrats, then Ron Paul the libertarian, then other republicans, then the scum slugs like Huckabee and Romney.

[Rhetts_the_Best]

69%
Barack Obama

66%
John Edwards

65%
Hillary Clinton

64%
Bill Richardson

63%
Mike Gravel

63%
Dennis Kucinich

60%
Chris Dodd

60%
Joe Biden

46%
Rudy Giuliani

44%
John McCain

38%
Mitt Romney

36%
Mike Huckabee

33%
Ron Paul

32%
Tom Tancredo

27%
Fred Thompson

[CaramonLS]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

Yeah...the previous administration of that tax-and-spend Democrat Bill Clinton was Trudeau-esque in his excesses, throwing money around like a drunken sailor, while George W. Bush the fiscally conservative Republican has been a model of small government efficiency.



As strange as it seems, the Democrats actually have a better recent history of financial moderation. For the better part of 2000-2006 the House, Senate, and White House were all controlled by Republicans, yet they were increasing the deficit to record levels year after year. Other than Ron Paul, who will never win the nomintation let alone the general election, I don't really think any of the candidates are running on a platform of fiscal responsability.

It really is amazing how that fallacy of Republicans and the Economy still exists after the silly amount of spending by Reagan and GWB.

[badnarik]

Republicans have spent out of control. I guess they are still seen as pro-market and pro-business relative to their counterparts.

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by rubecube

The everyday type of guy with multiple DUIs and former cocaine problems?

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

It always cracks me up when people say "George Bush is the kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with."

Newsflash: GWB is a recovering alcoholic. He won't be having a beer with you any time soon--or setting foot in your neighbourhood bar for that matter.

At the same time, it's hard for me to understand why being a recovering alcoholic who's been sober for years is a bad thing. It's almost the only achievement of his that I respect.

Originally Posted by rubecube

I agree with both your points. It just cracks me up when people say 'He seems like an everyday kind of guy that you could just hang out.'

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

Me too. He's the "everyday" kind of guy who was born a millionaire and went to Yale and owned a baseball team. A real working stiff.

I haven't really heard other people make the same comments as me. I don't have any American friends, and my Canadian friends are certainly no fans of Bush. It's just the way I view him, I think he's a genuine person and I admire him for it. I certainly haven't taken that opinion of him to be popular. I like the guy, most don't.